Like most defendants charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the 81-year-old tax preparer from Tinton Falls, N.J., neither admitted nor denied guilt.

Richard Edelman was headed to Davos, Switzerland, on Monday, to do a panel on "trust" for many of the world's government leaders and chief executives.

The most Aashish Dalal says he's ever paid to park his own car is $36, but he will gladly sell you a premium parking spot at the Super Bowl for more than a grand.

The tale of Dallas attorney Spencer Barasch has two versions. The official government version: As head of the Fort Worth regional office of the Securities and Exchange Commission from 1998 to 2005, Barasch declined to investigate the alleged Ponzi scheme of R. Allen Stanford and his Stanford Financial Group.

At this point in the social networking revolution, no one should have to tell me to clean up the photos on my Facebook page.

One of the few people I've gotten to know who actually went to prison for mortgage fraud is a 50-year-old grandmother from Southern California named Maria Echeverria.

Yossi Beinhart, chief executive of the North American Derivatives Exchange, wanted to be up and running with a new set of options this week that would have allowed investors to bet on the 2012

Lose weight, quit smoking, stop drinking, get finances in order, spend more quality time with family, get blood pressure checked ... Some people have more goals than others on New Year's Day.

Go to a gas station. Try not to spill that $3 gas on your hands. Run to the bathroom. Try not to have germaphobic nightmares.

Buying a gift may spread holiday cheer, but it also spreads something else: Global wealth destruction.